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Born
Born in Seattle to a middle-class family, his father was an attorney and his mother was a school teacher (Wanke and kreit) . -
Gates meets Paul Allen in primary school
Here he met his childhood friend whom he later on created Microsoft with, they had issues in midlife but reconciled near Allen's death (Wanke and kreit) . -
Creates a computerized schedule for Lakeside school
His school saw his talent for computers and gave him the chance to create a computerized schedule for the classes. Lakeside at the time was one of the only primary schools with a computer (Wanke and kreit). -
Enrolls in Harvard
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Develops BASIC with Allen for the Altair 8800
Worked with Allen along side the company MITS to create the BASIC, Gates viewed MITS as his first real step in the industry (Wanke and kreit). -
Takes first leave from Harvard
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Registers the trade mark "Microsoft'
Registers the trade mark "Microsoft' for his company with Allen who acts as cofounder.
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Took permanent leave from Harvard
A choice made to further focus on his company with Allen in the image above (Wanke and kreit) -
First Microsoft office
Gates located his first office near MITS office to be involved in the Altair project and MITS. (Bill gates) -
Microsoft first year sales exceeds $1 million
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Windows 1.0 is released
Microsoft releases Windows 1.0 (Bill Gates) -
Microsoft moves to Washington
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Creates MS-DOS
MS-DOS is licensed to IBM for the company first personal computer (Bill Gates) -
Meets wife
Gates met his wife at a Microsoft event in Newyork (Wanke and Kreit). -
Gates founded Corbis
Corbis is an archive of visual information such as art and other forms of media, currently one of the largest visual media collections (Wanke and Kreit). -
Received the Golden plate award with Allen
Awarded the golden plate in the category of business (“William H. Gates III”) -
Gates wedding
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Released Windows 95
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Publishes "Business @ speed of thought"
His book became a best seller (“William H. Gates III”). -
Bill & Melinda Gates foundation
Charity foundation that is currently running, Gates spends most of his retirement focusing on his work for the foundation (Bill Gates). -
Steps down from being Microsoft CEO
Gates steps down from being Microsoft CEO to take on the role of Chief Software Architect, the following image shows the next CEO Steve Ballmer (Bill Gates). -
Released the xbox
The image shows a magazine advertising the Xbox in 2001 (Bill Gates) -
Is bestowed an honorary knighthood
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Awarded an honorary Harvard degree
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Stepped down as chairman
Gates stepped down from the role of Microsoft chairman to take on a more relaxed role of Tech advisor (Bill Gates) -
President Barack Obama awarded Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama awarded Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Microsoft for donating over $28 billion to charity (“William H. Gates III”). -
Stepped down from Microsoft chairman board
He cut full ties from his chair on the board (shown in image) and has completely stepped down from chairman board relations (Bill Gates) -
Finalized his divorce
Gates and his ex-wife divorced after 27 years of marriage though they still work together on their charity project (“William H. Gates III”). -
Featured in Forbes; $104 billion net worth
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